Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum

Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum is a platform game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by Beam Software and published by Data East, released in 1990 exclusively in North America.

Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum
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Developer(s)	Beam Software
Publisher(s)	Data East
Artist(s)	Tony G. Pentland
Platform(s)	NES
Release	NA: February 1990
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gameplay

The player takes the role of Dash Galaxy, a space scout who has been captured by a hostile civilization thousands of light years from earth.^[1] The game, through a shifting perspective, contains action gameplay elements.^[2]

When the game starts, the player has four lives.^[3]

Gameplay involves navigating through a series of floors with several rooms each. Keys must be collected to progress to higher floors, and eventually, an escape ship. Dash's only weapons are a limited supply of bombs and remote detonators.^[3] Good timing is crucial to complete the game, requiring navigation of trampoline jumps and roaming enemies. Some of these jumps require Dash to run.^[3] The player also has a limited oxygen supply.^[1]

Dash can become invincible each stage by collecting ten stars.^[3]

While the rooms are side-scrolling action puzzles, the floors have an overhead view, and include difficult block-moving puzzles that can fatally trap a player.

There are also hidden and bonus rooms throughout the game.^[1]

Reception

Helium.com wrote that Dash Galaxy "had potential, but falls under its own weight in the end" while giving the game a score of 41%.^[4]